The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-24
RELIGIOUS AND EDucATloNAL


One hundred and fifty Of the S66
colleges in this country publish papers.
congregational singing has been
introduced in the Roman Catholic
Church of st. Vincent Ferrers. New
York.
Religion is the most gentlemanly
thing of the world. It alone will gem
tleizs, if unmixed W ith cant--M r
Witness.
Rev. DR.. Hoyt an evangelist in the
Southwest, preached $50 times. and re-
ceived 1,003 open confessions Of Christ
during the year 1886.
-Areturned missionary at San Franz
cisco predicts that Japan will accept
Christianity as its national faith by the
close of this century.
New York City contributed $780,
600 in excess Of what she received
from the State last year for the support
of the common schools.
There is more apparent religious
interest among the Harvard >under.
graduates this season than for. many
years past.-Harttord ConraHt.
The Protestants and old Catholics
occupy the Church of the Holy Spirit,
at Heidelberg, together. Their SER
vices are held at different hours.
The question of maintaining an
Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem. which
has been in allegiance for several years.
has lately been revived, and under cir.
cunlstances that leave no doubt Of the
| speedy re-establishment of the see.
The Beacon" Presbyterian Church
of Philadelphia has added to its other
useful agencies a medical and surgical
dispensary, with a full staff OF physi-
clans, where medical treatment and
medicine are furnished to the poor
without charge. PhiladeLphid Press.
The First Presbyterian Church, Of
New York, which has existed for moro
than one hundred years without any
other musical instrument in it than q
precentor's tuning-fork, has at last
yielded to the demands of its youngen
members and will purchase ten-
thousand-dollar organ.--M r Ctris-
tia,s Union.
AN English clergyman is alarmed
at the drift of the state church. He
declares: s'It is saturated with popery,
and leavened with worldliness. OF
course, I know there are exceptions,
but, as ten you, the general condition
of the Church of England is appalling.
For the most part, it is being used as =
mighty instrument for the perversion
of the nation to popery."
The friends of a Baptist university
in State north of this were surprised
recently by receiving $40, 600 for their
institution from one from whom they
would least expect gift Here is the
explanation, as given by the giver HIM
self: "My father loved this college and
gave to it when he had very little to
give, and now that he is gone and I
have prospered, give this $4,000 for
his sake, as well as for the sake of the
Observation-Disclosures Religious Her
ala.
Since the union few years ago
the Methodists constitute the largest
religious denomination in Ontario,
Can, and they are, it appears, making
the most rapid progress. The Presby-
terians come next The AngTcans are
third in size, and said to be the tardiest
in growth. The Roman Catholics are
fourth. The Congregationalists and
Baptists have not taken very firm hold
; of Canadian soil as yeti Montreal VIZ
. ness.
i Greece has SS gymnasia, 200 sec
ondary schools and 1,7l7 primary
schools. These are all public. Among
the private educational establishments
the first place must be given to the So
. ciety for the Higher Education Of Wo'
men, in connection with which lyces
for girls was established a few year
, ago, with staff Of 76 teachers and
1,476 pupils. Greeks send their girl
there from all parts Of the east. Edu
cation is very liberally endowed d
Greece. and the sums, which Greek
, settled in foreign countries send hom'
for this purpose are very large.
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